Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-11
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xxnn1HLu xxPEREEScH IN ONE OF rHz
DEATH TRAPs or 0KKEroKEB SWAMP.
q have lived In southern Georgia,
neaR Oks6nokee Swamp, for Q long
time. said Mr.. CFompton. and have
ssen Q great many strange things while
bunting sheFa. but the most teEFiols or
deal Of my life vas passed In the svamp
on the cessation Of my last alligator
hunt, which b nov over thirty years
ago. Oks6nokes swamp e 9 very large
tract Of waste which extends over co.,
siderable portion Of Southern Georgia
and part Of Florida. TIE swamp Il In
Q great many places very dense. but
here and there IN she very denseat parts
700 will nnd eleaFinRs that extend per
hsps hundred yards square. These
olsasinRs are not desooRnibls until you
ere Fiaht Close 20 them, as the under
growth. and the overshadowiDR trees
make q impossible 10 see far ahead OF
you. Baoh elsarinRs ara frequently
covered With mud and waasF Q foot
deep, and sometimes 10 the center you
fnd-if you are unlucky enough b try
10 wsde thfoagh it-holes more like
large wells. These holes are not more
chan ten oF dftsen yafds vide, and are
ottou 20 ooSH tnas ~ - A1po1o1otc "
fathom them 20 that
DzATn n mKvTTaBLn
Whenever q person happens to get into
one Of them. Such holes are ell the
mora deluaiga, since they DO not show
tbeiR dep.h on the surface, nor do they
have anything 10 denote their exist enee.
OkeAnokee swamp shounde In elliga-
tors, and I vas one Of party bent upon
alligator huntinR one day early In the
spKlDe Of 1853 In some parts Of the
swamp Il IL possible 10 row boat many
miles before 700 have to 60 on foot, and
on the occasion referred 20 - vent q
far 90 possible In cur host, getting ont
ct q point not far from the Florida line
and proceeding on foot. There we're
four Ia our party, negro 90 row the
boat, an EnQiishman named Dutt0n
aad Q friend Of his Who lad only arrived
q short time before. Dasson was
clever fellow. generous % q fault. and
splendid maEksman. During his stay
With me We had been on many hunts.
and in many tiRhs places. aud no mat
Ter how RFeAa the DANGER he neveg losa
his presence Of mind. In order 10
shoos an alligator with ride III II ueess-
eaRy 10 piaRee iaa eyes, and I never sac
Duaion miss bot oaee. when ve landed
Dutson vuna On front, bis friend near
hlzn, then came the old NEGRO. and
efcssd CD tbs rear. We Travelled on for
about tgo miles when the swamp be-
came 90 dense is seemed we eoald not 20
mach further, and - u was getting lats
n toe evsnina Ws called . halt, and de-
teRmtned 70 60 back 20 cur boat before
night eauaos ns IN the swamp We
wsrs all ready 10 90 excspt Dutton, who
bad goae 90 some distance ahead Of %
and YEA ous % sight. I told the oi'
daEkey 20 harry ahsad and cell him 10
return. and BE bad iust started ID ODE
disDos 10 my command. when the blood
Ia my vsina vas chilled By
A. AWFUL aanEKK Ton HKLP.
III hive for Q hundred years I shall
never forRst that cry. Il seemsd 70
come from The direcsion 70 tie Fiaht OF
us--a direction which none Of us bad
Rans, and watch Dntton eoaid only have
saksn By tasninina away from The linz
wa had dectdsd 20 travel wnen we
started ous, AZ the laaa note pf thai
awfui cry died aWay, ne old dAFky VITO
ed started awag 20 do by biddine
ssened paEAlynsd. snd became 20 weak
h conid hardly Stand. Tha only words
eoald heas frp@ his half-open iipa. -
Fashsd pasa hi@ In TIE diFeufioa %
the arv, wurR: -Iaas 10 aes tes no afbeF,
him, master; tls 10 ase."
DutsSa's TREAD followed ne Quiekiy.
and ws Aad net gons more than .
handreA yAfda uhso . SiRht 1ss ny
eVea, ths llks q wnaeh woaid rather
undergo deafh than again 70 sns0aster.
n an open spscs 10 froas OF ne wAs
What appeared % Be nArsny stretch.
Il locks1 iika lie bottom was FiRbt 90
shs snrfaes, and would have atls@paed
% wada acruss ~ wlthont h~astAtau8 en-
ga fer The siaht before ne. II The
midm Of tAia maFshy lsks was DuftoD
strnnattnR % 10 wath eoma invisible |
sever thai gas draginR him do9nvAEd. /
Il was aniy ~ tng1ant unsil etsesFDe6 |
whna is was tAas vas dFawing nv friend
lnio tkia awfal
xRAP o. pEAxH.
Aronnd bic boty. estlea 10 sickenina !
massaA wafa Feplfie1 Of every ee1eElp- 1
ston, VIVA whtsh Oas6noksa swRmt /
Ahoanda, and hts eraes Wera p4teeas.
Whaa - Ara saW hin be Was - Tie
eaas a. tha hnla. bua By tho tima ~ 4
rsaehad ne ossna he BspGiiea tad 4
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